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Mr. E. Edwards : Three specimens, one of galena and siderite, one of zincblende and galena, and one of galena and siderite, showing the interesting cocade or ring-structure of these two minerals ; also six samples of products of ore-dressing operations, all from the Great Western Galena Mine, Zeehan, Tasmania. Mr. Edward Trythall: Seven boxes containing several hundredweight of mixed ores from the Hercules Gold- and Silver-mining Company's Mine, Mount Eeid, Tasmania. This is a very valuable present to the school, not only intrinsically, but also regarding illustrations in the metallurgy classes and the purposes of the assay laboratory. A number of the new specimens enumerated have been labelled and placed in their proper places m the collection, which, in the new glass-covered wall-cases, is now of more instructive benefit to the students than formerly. Owing to the large number of students who had access to the specimens for close inspection, it was unavoidable that considerable disarrangement amongst them and displacement of the labels should take place during the last session. These defects will have to be remedied during the vacation. As there are a number of finely crystallized and valuable, mostly larged-sized, specimens (real show pieces) included in the collection liable to suffer greatly in value through careless handling, the provision of a special new glass wall-case, in which these and any similar new specimens could be preserved for exhibition, would be very advisable. The Chancellor, University of Otago. G. H. F. Ulrich, F.G.S., Director.

Eeport on the Museum for the Year ending 31st March, 1898. Sir — The Museum has suffered a great loss by the death of the Curator, Professor T, J. Parker, whose labours for nearly eighteen years have done so much to carry out the modern methods and ideas of museum-work in the collection under his charge. The arrangement of a collection of typical fossils in the table-cases of the middle gallery was completed by him just before his death, and nearly all the spirit-specimens have been examined and relabelled. Since then the taxidermist has completed the mounting of several skeletons, and a few bird-skins, not represented in the collections, have been set up. During the vacation, the whole of the teaching-specimens have been examined and attended to where found necessary. The store-rooms have also been thoroughly cleaned out, and a quantity of old material arranged. It will be advisable to have the outside woodwork painted at the first opportunity, as it has not been done for many years. The principal additions during the year have been as follows : Specimens of Begalecus (purchased) preserved as a skeleton ; and almost complete skeletons of Emeus ponderosus, Haipagorus morrei, and Fulica extinct birds of New Zealand, deposited by A. Hamilton. I have, &c, The Chancellor, Museum of Otago. A. Hamilton, Acting-Curator.

Eeport of the Dean of the Medical School. Sir, — University of Otago, Dunedin, 28th June, 1898. I have the honour to submit the following report on the condition and work of the School of Medicine: — 1. Graduates. —The following have completed their course of study, and, having passed the final examination in January of this year, were admitted to the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the meeting of the Senate of the University of New Zealand held in February: William Archibald Logan, James Hardie Niel, Charles North, 8.A., George Patrick Brown, Alexander Eobertson Falconer, 8.A., B.Sc. Messrs. Logan and Brown are now acting as Eesident Surgeons to the Dunedin Hospital, Mr. Niel is one of the Eesident Surgeons to the Auckland Hospital, Mr. Falconer is Assistant Medical Officer at the Government Lunatic Asylum, Seacliff, and Mr. North has gone to England to continue his studies. 2. Undergraduates . —Eighty-three students are now attending the school, as against seventythree in 1897 and sixty-five in 1896. Of these, nine have passed the second professional examination of the New Zealand University, and are now in their last year of study; thirteen have passed the first professional examinations ; and twenty have passed the intermediate examination. The following is the class attendance for 1897 and for the present session : — 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. Physics .. .. .. ..19 18 Practical pathology .. .. ..11 11 Practical physics .. .. 18 18 Surgery .. .. .. 22 29 Biology .. .. .. ..21 18 Operative surgery .. .. ..14 28 Practical biology .. .. 19 18 Clinical surgery .. .. 39 40 Chemistry .. .. .. 21 19 Practice of medicine .. .. 20 23 Practical chemistry .. .. ..18 21 Clinical medicine .. ... ..12 20 Organic chemistry .. .. ..21 17 Medical jurisprudence and public health.. 8 11 Anatomy .. .. .. ..33 42 Midwifery and diseases of women ..21 25 Practical anatomy .. .. 31 43 Diseases of the eye .. .. 12 9 Physiology .. .. .. 25 26 Insanity .. .. .. 12 8 Practical physiology .. .. ..15 17 Materia mcdi a, .. .. ..19 15 Pathology .. .. ..' ..12 11 3. Dunedin Hospital. —An additional pavilion containing two large wards is now being built. It is intended to use this as the children's department. Additional accommodation for students is, however, still urgently required. I have, &c, The Chancellor, University of Otago. John H. Scott.